Age, neuropathology, and dementia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2302-2309

  Savva, George M ^a   Wharton, Stephen B ^b,c   Ince, Paul G ^b   Forster, Gillian ^b   Matthews, Fiona E ^a   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 66249141245     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0806142     Document Type: Article

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